can't find how many hours i've used my camcorder at DVinfo.net

Pascal Payant · February 27th, 2007, 05:32 PM

can someone help me and tell me where is the option to see how many hours i've used my camcorder? i can find the option on my cam

Boyd Ostroff · February 27th, 2007, 05:46 PM

Hi Pascal, and welcome to DVinfo! What camera do you have? The FX1 doesn't have an hours meter.

On the Z1 select the OTHERS menu (icon with 4 squares) and scroll way down to HOURS METER.

See the following for info on interpreting the display: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=73340

John Jay · February 28th, 2007, 12:16 PM

Correction.

FYI - The FX1 does indeed have an hours meter, which is accessed by remote RM95 and the Service Manual for instruction on how to access it.

Boyd Ostroff · February 28th, 2007, 12:52 PM

Ah yes, that's true John, and the RM-95 can read the hours on any of Sony's prosumer level camcorders (VX-2000, TRV-900, etc). Unfortunately, AFAIK Sony has stopped selling these - a few years ago you could purchase from their parts website for about $80. Just saw one get sold in our own classifieds forum recently. You can also use the RM-95 to hack the camera firmware (a risky proposition). But I suspect most users aren't going have access to one of these.

For more info, see my post in the following old thread:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?p=181342

Interpreting the readout on the RM-95 might not be so simple however:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=11036

February 27th, 2007, 05:32 PM	#1
Pascal Payant New Boot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Mirabel, Canada Posts: 18	can't find how many hours i've used my camcorder can someone help me and tell me where is the option to see how many hours i've used my camcorder? i can find the option on my cam

February 28th, 2007, 12:16 PM	#3
John Jay Major Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: US & THEM Posts: 827	Correction. FYI - The FX1 does indeed have an hours meter, which is accessed by remote RM95 and the Service Manual for instruction on how to access it. __________________ John Jay Beware *PLUGGER-BYTES*

February 27th, 2007, 05:46 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Hi Pascal, and welcome to DVinfo! What camera do you have? The FX1 doesn't have an hours meter. On the Z1 select the OTHERS menu (icon with 4 squares) and scroll way down to HOURS METER. See the following for info on interpreting the display: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=73340

February 28th, 2007, 12:52 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Ah yes, that's true John, and the RM-95 can read the hours on any of Sony's prosumer level camcorders (VX-2000, TRV-900, etc). Unfortunately, AFAIK Sony has stopped selling these - a few years ago you could purchase from their parts website for about $80. Just saw one get sold in our own classifieds forum recently. You can also use the RM-95 to hack the camera firmware (a risky proposition). But I suspect most users aren't going have access to one of these. For more info, see my post in the following old thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?p=181342 Interpreting the readout on the RM-95 might not be so simple however: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=11036